Improvement in the manufacture of table-cutlery



AMAPHDTD-LITD-ID. CD. N.Y. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

F. W. PRESBER AND PHILIPP SHIEBEL, OF WINCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TABLE-CUTLEFKY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 42,872, dated May 24, 1864.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that we, F. W. PRESBER and PIIILIPP SHIEBEL, ot' Winchester, Litchfield county, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing and Applying the Bolsters to Table- Cutlery and we hereby di clare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in making the bolster for a table knife orl fork with a slot or aperture through the center ot' the bolster, extending as near through as can be done and have sufcient strength left to hold the bolster iirmly to the blade when slipped onto its proper place during the heating process preparatory to welding it onto the blade.

To enable others skilled in the art to malte and use our invention,`we will proceed to describe its construction.

The heel otl the blade or fork should be brought to a proper thickness to receive the bolster, (which has been previously nished with a slot or aperture,) with a slot cut into one edge, as seen in drawings, letter A, Figure 1. This slot is just the size to admit the solid edge of the bolster, which connects its two half parts to each other, as seen in letter B, Fig. 2. The bolsteris slipped onto the blade ot' the knife or fork in its proper place for the process of heating and welding. The slot should be just the size to hold it securely in its place during the process of heating and welding. The welding may be done by a dropdie or other percussive pressure.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a knife-blade fitted to slip the bolster onto it. Fig. 1 i-s the slot cut in the blade to allow the connecting metal ofthe two halfparts of the bolster to slip into its proper place.

Letter B represents the bolster iinished, ready to slip onto the blade or fork. Fig. 2 representing the portion ofthe bolster connecting the two half-parts together.

'hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The mode of constructing and applying the bolster to tablecutlery, as herein described, or any other substantially the same.

F. W. PRESBER. PHILIPP SHIEBEL. Witnesses:

E. S. WooDEoED, ANNIE G. WooDEoED. 

